- 1905 Etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
- 1941 Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
- 1965 Bill McKechnie, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1940 Cincinnati Reds) and coach (World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), dies at 79
- 1969 Vic Richardson, Australian cricket batsman and captain who played 19 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 138; South Australia; and SANFL player Magarey Medal 1920 Sturt FC, dies at 75
Roger Turner (1901-1993)
American figure skater (7x US National Champion), dies at 92
- 2007 Christian d'Oriola, French fencer (4-time Olympic gold foils 1948, 52, 56), dies at 79
- 2018 Larry Snyder, American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1969; George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award 1989), dies from cancer at 76
- 2020 J. J. Williams, Welsh rugby union winger (30 caps Wales, 7 British & Irish Lions; Grand Slam 1976, 78), dies at 72
- 2020 Slaven Zambata, Croatian soccer forward (31 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 80
- 2021 Ashley Mallett, Australian cricket spin bowler (38 Tests, 132 wickets, best 8/59; South Australia), dies from cancer at 76
- 2021 Mehdi Cerbah, Algerian soccer goalkeeper (57 caps; JS Kabylie), dies at 68
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